Commentary

The Women, Peace, and Security Agenda Turns 25

The WPS agenda was never meant to be solely symbolic, it was a blueprint for change.

Five Lessons for the World Bank to Strengthen Migration Response in the Americas

By applying these five lessons, the Bank can redefine how development finance meets human mobility—fostering shared opportunity for prosperity.

Let Them Stay Update #6

This is a monthly newsletter about humanitarian parole and policy changes impacting people who entered the United States on parole and their supporters.

Ethiopia’s IDPs Still Need an Easy Fix: ID Cards

At least 100,000 internally displaced people in Ethiopia have been without IDs for almost a decade. This can be easily remedied.

Let Them Stay Update #5

This is a monthly newsletter about humanitarian parole and policy changes impacting people who entered the United States on parole and their supporters.

Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts Are Fueling a Crisis for Displaced People in the Americas

The U.S. is abandoning a crisis response in our own hemisphere and undoing nearly a decade of progress.

Los Recortes de Ayuda Internacional de Trump Agravan la Situación de las Personas Desplazadas en las Américas

Estados Unidos está abandonando una respuesta a la crisis en nuestro propio hemisferio y deshaciendo casi una década de progreso.

Let Them Stay Update #4 August 22, 2025

This is a monthly newsletter about humanitarian parole and policy changes impacting people who entered the United States on parole and their supporters.

The World Must Not Turn Away from Women in Tigray

It’s not too late to learn lessons from the recent past and resume assistance to northern Ethiopia.

As Global Aid Abandons Ugandan Refugees, Refugee-led Organizations Present a Promising Path Forward

RLOs hold the key to re-shaping humanitarian aid by empowering those most central to the issue: refugees themselves.